Charlie Adam

This article is about the Scottish football player, born 1985. For his father, see Charlie Adam (footballer, born 1962). For the earlier footballer, see Charlie Adam (footballer, born 1919).

Charlie Adam
Adam playing for Stoke City in 2015
Personal information
Full name Charles Graham Adam[1]
Date of birth (1985-12-10) 10 December 1985 (age 38)[2]
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Fleetwood Town (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2009 Rangers 61 (13)
2004–2005 → Ross County (loan) 11 (2)
2005–2006 → St Mirren (loan) 29 (5)
2009 → Blackpool (loan) 13 (2)
2009–2011 Blackpool 78 (28)
2011–2012 Liverpool 28 (2)
2012–2019 Stoke City 156 (19)
2019–2020 Reading 21 (2)
2020–2022 Dundee 49 (7)
Total 446 (80)
International career
2006 Scotland U21 5 (1)
2006–2007 Scotland B 3 (0)
2007–2015 Scotland 26 (0)
Managerial career
2023– Fleetwood Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Charles Graham Adam (born 10 December 1985) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently the manager of EFL League Two club Fleetwood Town.

Adam started his senior career with Rangers.[4] He spent much of his early senior career on loan to Ross County and St Mirren. While on loan to St Mirren during the 2005–06 season, Adam was part of the team that won both the Scottish Challenge Cup and First Division, playing in over thirty matches for the Saints. Upon returning to Rangers at the end of the 2006 season, he became a regular under managers Paul Le Guen and Walter Smith. Adam was also part of the Rangers team that reached the 2008 UEFA Cup Final.

After falling out of favour at Rangers during 2008–09, Adam was loaned out to English Championship side Blackpool. The loan was made permanent at the start of the 2009–10 season, and Adam became an integral part of the Blackpool side, captaining the team to a play-off victory over Cardiff City which resulted in their promotion to the Premier League. Adam shone in his first season in the Premier League, his performances being recognised with a nomination for the PFA Players' Player of the Year in April 2011; however, Blackpool were relegated the following month, and he transferred to Liverpool in July.

After one season at Anfield, Adam joined Stoke City in August 2012 for a fee of £4 million. He spent seven seasons with Stoke, making 179 appearances, before joining Reading in July 2019. Adam returned to his boyhood club Dundee in September 2020. He would captain them for two years and led them to promotion to the Scottish Premiership.

Adam played at under-21, B and full international levels for Scotland.

  1. ^ "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Charlie Adam: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Charlie Adam Profile". Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference youth was invoked but never defined (see the help page).